Side Story Episode 25. Rationality and fear (5)
Do-heon looked at Hwang Seok-tae with indifferent eyes.
“By that guy, do you mean the guy who is staying in a separate room?”
“That’s right.”
Hwang Moo-seok’s face showed an expression that could not be hidden. At least since it was in front of Daeju, I was trying hard to suppress it.
“Does that guy have any business?”
“My lord. Last night, that guy was with the four team members… … .”
“I heard.”
“yes?”
“You said you heard what happened.”
Shock appeared on Hwang Moo-seok’s face.
“If you do that, shouldn’t you call him and warn him right now?”
“Please call the commander.”
“… … yes?”
Doheon’s eyes sparkled.
“Didn’t you hear me tell you to call the commander?”
Hwang Moo-seok hastily lowered his head.
“I follow your orders.”
After a while, Hwang Moo-seok and Dong-hu entered Do-heon’s office.
“… … .”
There was a strange silence in the office.
The usual kindness could not be seen on Doheon’s face. I looked at the two people with stiff expressions and unintelligible eyes, and the atmosphere was very cold.
Dong-hu was nervous.
Like all other Gwangma members, he also respected and followed his great master, Doheon. There was no one in the Gwangmadae of the time who did not receive favor from Doheon, and there was no one who did not receive his teachings.
Even though they were the head of the Sixth Army, which was said to be the most fearsome unit in Shinkyo, Doheon treated them like comrades in arms, not as pawns. That alone could not help but deepen the crew’s loyalty.
Except for the incident with Myeonghan in the past, Daeju never got angry even though he was trained harshly.
Daeju’s eyes and atmosphere were truly unusual.
“Chief of Staff.”
“yes!”
“Tell me again what happened last night.”
A much colder voice than usual.
Dong-hu swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
“After the unit training was over, I gave additional training to Sajowon Banghyo and Jijigeon.”
“Why did you order it?”
You must be absolutely honest. Of course, there was no reason not to be honest.
“They are both seniors, but their skills have limitations. “I stayed up all night to train so as not to be overtaken by my juniors who were coming up from below, and after seeing their passion, I joined the training.”
Doheon nodded.
“I knew that the captain and the two others occasionally do additional training.”
“… … .”
“So what next?”
Grumble.
A drop of cold sweat ran down Dong-hu’s neck.
Clearly, the Great Lord was quite angry right now. But he couldn’t figure out why he was angry.
‘Is it because of him?’
I thought that might be the case. Everyone had heard the rumor that the great lord favored a demon from Tuma.
But Dong-hu soon denied that idea.
Even if there are people he cares about personally, the Great Lord is the one who clearly considers whether things are right or wrong. If he wasn’t that kind of person, I wouldn’t have respected him so much.
“During training, Tuma from the separate room appeared in the main training hall. Afterwards, while each of us was training… … .”
At that time, Dong-hu saw Do-heon’s eyes sparkle.
After a moment of silence, he spoke again.
“I would like to correct you. After a few sharp conversations, we each got to work on our assigned training.”
“What next?”
“During the break, I watched Tuma’s martial arts training. “He was practicing at a much higher level than I thought, but two of his subordinates didn’t seem to understand the training.”
“I don’t wonder what you had in mind or what you were thinking.”
“I mentioned this because I thought it was something that needed to be addressed in order to explain it in detail. Please forgive my rudeness.”
“Good, continue.”
Hwang Moo-seok’s expression, who was listening to the conversation next to him, became increasingly complicated.
Dong-hu continued.
“It wasn’t just Tuma’s skills. I was surprised and angry at the team members’ inability to recognize it. So, I instructed the two people to practice and left for a while to get some fresh air.”
“next.”
“I heard Banghyo’s screams. Surprised, I came to see Ji Geon and Tuma dancing. And the two of them… … .”
Dong-hu closed his eyes tightly without realizing it.
When I thought back to that time, I became confused.
“It seemed like a close match, but Ji Geon failed to land a single proper attack on Tuma and fell.”
“… … .”
“I stopped Tuma from delivering the final blow and ended Bimou.”
Doheon asked in a hard voice.
“Is this a dispute that occurred due to someone’s dispute?”
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“… … That’s right.”
“Who started the fight?”
Dong-hu opened his eyes.
“It’s Banghyo and Zijegan.”
“Are you confident that there is not a single lie in the report you just gave?”
“I swear that this is the truth without any addition or subtraction.”
Doheon nodded.
“I enjoyed the detailed explanation. “Let’s go out now.”
“… … .”
“why? “Is there anything else to say?”
“… … Regardless of right or wrong, it is my responsibility for not managing the garden properly. “Shouldn’t he be disciplined accordingly?”
Doheon laughed to himself.
Although Dong-hu, the head of the company, was rough and sometimes sensitive, he was fundamentally an honest and straightforward person.
He was a person you could trust and entrust with anything, even before his ability. This was true not only for Dong-hu but also for all the leaders.
“It’s okay, let’s go out. “You worked hard.”
“I follow your orders.”
The two of them are now left in the office where Dong-hu left.
Do-heon looked at Hwang Moo-seok with an indifferent face.
Perhaps because that gaze was too much for him, Hwang Moo-seok lowered his eyes and bit his lip.
“Adjutant Hwang.”
“… … Yes, my lord.”
“Why are you so angry?”
“… … .”
“Aren’t you asking? “Why are you so angry?”
“I am… … .”
“Do you understand why I went to the trouble of calling the company commander again and reporting on the situation at the time?”
Hwang Moo-seok felt his mouth becoming dry for some reason.
Doheon, who was quietly watching him, buried his back in his chair.
“There’s no way you didn’t hear what I heard. “I wish you were more attentive than me, but I don’t think you came here based on what you heard and judged.”
“… … .”
“Collect what you heard and the reports you heard here.”
“… … .”
“Okay, now answer my question.”
Hwang Moo-seok couldn’t say anything.
Doheon’s eyes became even colder.
“Are the group members angry because they were attacked by a demon from Tuma?”
“… … no.”
“Did you think there might be a fight between the two of them?”
“… … .”
“Or are you just angry because you hate that guy? “Is that why you came into the governor’s office and boldly asked your superiors to call that guy?”
“Great, great lord!”
Doheon tilted his head.
“Have I done anything wrong to you? Or did the higher-ups kick me out of my position? “Is that why you became so rude?”
Hwang Moo-seok’s face turned white.
I could never have imagined that the Great Lord would say something like that.
Hwang Moo-seok knelt down on the spot and bent his back.
“Please kill me!”
What Doheon said was both right and wrong.
Hwang Moo-seok heard from Dong-hu in detail about last night’s incident.
But I didn’t listen to it, understand it, or analyze it. I was just angry that the Gwangma Team member was beaten by a mere Tuma.
If I had been bullied, I would have laughed at it, but that’s not the case. And that anger was not directed at the injured party, but directly at Cheon-sang Lee.
It didn’t matter who started first or why they started.
Hwang Moo-seok was jealous of Lee Cheon-sang.
Jealousy in relationships between superiors and subordinates is scarier than jealousy between men and women. Especially for Hwang Moo-seok, who considered Gwangmadae to be his everything, Do-heon, the master, was nothing more than a teacher.
I love Tuma, a lowly man who doesn’t know where the teacher he worked so hard to serve came from. As her closest disciple, I couldn’t help but feel jealous of her.
Do-heon looked at Hwang Moo-seok lying face down and sighed.
“Do you feel sorry for me?”
“… … no.”
“Now even lies.”
Hwang Mu-seok swallowed dry saliva.
Seeing him unable to open his mouth, Doheon closed his eyes.
It’s a cider that’s been together for a long time. Although it may not be detailed, Doheon was not stupid enough to not know why he was being so emotional.
“Leave today’s training to the leaders and rest at your residence. “Take a break and cool your head.”
“… … yes.”
“Let’s have a drink in the evening.”
“… … .”
“Just leave now.”
Hwang Moo-seok got up, bowed his head, and left the office.
Confusion finally appeared on Doheon’s face as he was left alone.
‘It’s difficult.’
Considering their previous relationship, Hwang Moo-seok’s reaction was not impossible to understand.
However, he viewed Hwang Moo-seok as a capable lieutenant. Although he sometimes made mistakes and sometimes caused trouble by being more loyal than necessary, he was still a valuable subordinate to Doheon.
‘It’s really difficult. In the end, it was my fault for not behaving properly.’
Hwang Moo-seok’s mistake was clear. If you reflect on yourself after this incident, you will not make similar mistakes in the future.
However, it was not without his fault that he did not pay more attention to Hwang Moo-seok.
Suddenly, Sogong’s words came to mind.
– There is no such thing as force majeure in our work. There is no need for goals or abilities. He’s different from ordinary people. No matter what organization you are in, you will have a major accident at least once.
Major accident.
This incident was not something that could be called a major accident. It was just a small incident. If it was unfair, Lee Cheon-sang would be unfair.
However, Doheon could vaguely understand what Sogong’s words meant.
“… … .”
He, who had been sitting still and lost in thought, stood up.
* * *
When Do-heon found the separate room, Lee Cheon-sang was not there.
‘Where did it go?’
At that time, his sensitive senses detected a strange sound coming from the bamboo forest.
‘Is it training again?’
Doheon smiled without realizing it.
It was essential to work hard to become stronger in a place like a bomb that could explode at any moment.
I was proud of Lee Cheon-sang, who trained so hard, whether for survival or for fun.
‘I heard it was a pretty intense dance, but it’s very powerful.’
After a while.
Fuuuuuuu!
With a loud explosion, three large bamboo trees broke.
Doheon, who had already entered the bamboo forest, saw Lee Cheon-sang from quite a distance away.
pop! Puff!
There was no interruption in Lee Cheon-sang’s movements.
Although he was not very fast, he was constantly moving, as if there was no stopping in the flowing current.
“… … !”
Do-heon’s face, which was looking at him with a smile, gradually changed from surprise to shock.
The sight of Lee Cheon-sang swinging his sword while moving from here to there, from below to above, and from above to the side, was literally like a painting.
To practice martial arts alone, all I had to do was swing my fists and feet in the air. But how can his movements touch people’s hearts like this?
Even yesterday, Lee Cheon-sang’s martial arts skills looked somewhat clumsy and like dancing moves.
The martial arts skills were established in amazing detail overnight.
The shock was even greater for Doheon, who had not actually seen Bimu. In the first place, he didn’t even know what kind of training Lee Cheon-sang was doing.
‘I clearly understand the meaning of herbivory. A person who has only been practicing writing skills for a short time has already reached the level of skill.’
Doheon let out a laugh without realizing it.
‘Have you seen this ridiculous guy?’
It was then.
At first glance, a reddish energy flashed from the hands of Lee Cheon-sang, who was performing wonderful dance moves with a dreamy expression.
“… … !!”
martial arts,
